'(Young) men with big guns': Reflexive encounters with violence and youth in el salvador

Bulletin of Latin American Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 480-496

  Hume, Mo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

El Salvador; Feminism; Gangs; Reflexivity; Violence

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; GENDER; VIOLENCE; YOUNG POPULATION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 34548591533     PISSN: 02613050     EISSN: 14709856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-9856.2007.00239.x     Document Type: Article

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